Window-frame for flexible curtains.



11113562542. l PATENTBD JUNE 11, 1907.

1". J. NEWMAN.

`WINDOW FRAME FOB. FLEXIBLE GURTAINS. nPLIoATIox FILED 11111115.1906.

FREDERICK J, NEWMAN, orciiicAcd'iLLiNois.

WINDOW'FRAME FOR FLEXIBLE CURTAINS.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 1v1, 1907.`

Applicatinii filed December 15,1906. Serial No. 343.013.

.To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that 1, FREDERICK J. Naw- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook 'and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful .Improvements in IVindow-Frames for Flexible Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention pertains to a frame adapted to be secured to a flexible support, and is especially fitted for a window frame in the sides .trate the advantages of applicant-s or curtains of Aa foldable top for vehicles, where it is desired that the top shall fold conipactly, and present a neat and finished external and internal appearance.

, The window frame is best illustrated as applied to thesides oa foldable top, and a brief description of some of the known methods of attaching this type of frame will best illusdevice over the present constructions.

I A- common method is'to rigidly secure a'r frame .toone of the bows or ribs in a foldable top and consequently the top is prevented from folding coinpactly which results in the driver or operator of the vehiclebeing unable to see .behind over the folded top thereon. Other disadvantages are in the facts that Where two larts of a frame are secured together it wrinkles the flexible support varound the edges of the frame, as well as draws the support inward insuch a manner that the ribs or bows become prominent from the outside of the vehicle due to the tact that Ia flexible support, such asa vehicle top, is generally composed of two parts, namely the outside leather and the inside lining with a margin Y between for the ribs or bows.

In my construction I have provided a frame that may be rmly attached to a ilexi- "ble support without the aid of the bow or rib l topmade prominent which is due to the filling -piece or intermediate frame member used in my construction.

' v Other advantages are in its simplicity and durability as well as its adaptability to ilexible supfports, the distance between the two parts o which varies.

' In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of my device with the parts ,the screws 1() pass and are adapted to be screwed in the threaded aperture 7. Interposed between the two side frames is the intermediate frame or filling member 11 which, in this instance, consists of an annular wooden ring the outside diameter of which is preferably larger tlian the outside diameter of the two side frames, so as not to present a metallic edge to the flexible support, and is provided on its inner edge on one side with a slightly countersunk portion, as shown at 12, in Whicha transparent material such as i lass 13 is seated and held therein by means 0I the side frame 4. Apertures 14 are provided in the intermediate member through lwhich the screws 1() aree adapted to pass. 1

In Fig. 1, 15 represents as a whole a iiexible support or a curtain of a vehicle, which is generally composed of two parts 16 'and 17, the part 16, being the external portion and exposed to climatic changes, is preferably7 composed of a water proof or hard material. such as leather, while the part 17 consists of cloth, canvas or the like. To attach my frame to the flexible support the part` 16 is preferably ro'vided with an aperture of substantially t e same diameter as the distance between the inner edges'of the side frame 4, while the part 17 is provided with an aperture of less diameter than the distance between the inner edges of the side frame 5, so

4that when thc side frame 5 is pressed against IOO ` f part 16 therebetween.". The -screws 10 are then inserted i'ntli'e registering apertures and l the two side frames are vdrawn-a ainst the'intermediatememberso aste-firm? to a flexible support consisting of two sepaoiis ways of securing the two frame members A l y clamp and secure theglass'and flexible support.' v

ltia obYlOus vfrom .the foregoing descripgiven to' the 'portion '1 6' 01' the curtain so as to wrinkle it in any way, nor is the curtain as a whole drawn in as 1t otherwise would be if just the two side frames were used without the intermediate filling'member, I

It is also obvious` that the efficiency of my construction lwould not be im aired greatlyv if the flange was omitted,'biit prefer to-conf struct the side frame 5, as shown, as it aids materially in holding the frame to the flexible support.

It is also obvios that there may be varito the intermediate member without the use ofthe means shown, and also that'the form of the window frame is wholly immaterial, and therefore without limiting myself to the precise details of construction,

I claim:

1. A window frame adapted to be secured mediate transparent and a flexible material against said intermediate member, on oppositesidesl thereof, respectively, 'substantially as described.4

3.- A window ,frame adapted to be secured 45 tovll a flexible vsupport comprising 'two "side` rameslfarid an intermediate fillin member, a transparent material seated wit `n said intermediate lling member, a flange on `one of"y V said* side frames, and meaiisfor drawing said' '5olframes together whereby the transparent f material isv confined within its seat and thil flexible su portr clamped against said inter;-

ling member, substantially as de'-` scribed. I ,i 4. A window'frame adapted to be' secured to a flexible support consisting of, two4 v al'tsseparated by a certain distance, 'said ame comprising two side/frames and a filling mem# ber of substantially the same thickness as the distance between said two parts,y and means for drawing said side frames together whereby a transparent material and the two v arts of said support are drawn against said member, substantially as described.

' 5. A window'rame ada ted to be secured to -a flexible. support consisting of two separated=parts, sa1d frame comprising'two side frames and an intermedi-ate filling member of substantially the saine thickness'as theV distance between said two arts, each of said side frames being adapte to clamp one of said parts against said filling member, 'a i transparent material confined against said filling member by one of said side frames, and means for clamping said side frames and filling member together, substantially as de- FREDERICK J; NEWMAN; Witnesses;`

FREDERICK C. GooDwiN, JAMES ROFFIELU IssV 

